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Youth Services

The Alcoholism Council of New York's (ACNY) youth development program provides youth (ages 10-14) with prevention services in the form of educational, recreational and social programming. The program aims to:

  • Help youth become aware of the influence their environment has on their decisions to begin drinking
  • Make youth and their parents appreciate that alcohol use by young people is often facilitated by adults
  • Respond to young people's need for adventure, challenges and risk-taking by providing healthy constructive options that redirect their attention away from unhealthy choices
  • Help parents and other adults appreciate the important role they can play in keeping youth alcohol free

Participants (youth and adults) engage in critical thinking discussions, view and debrief relevant films, play games that encourage healthy social interaction, go on educational and recreational field trips and journal their experiences and lessons learned.

The program is designed and implemented by Peer Youth Advisors (under supervision of professionals) who are very close in age to the youth participants. This unique feature offers participants a sense of camaraderie that helps in their ability to internalize important prevention messages, while simultaneously providing the Peer Youth Advisors with workforce development services and guidance counseling.



For more information please contact:
Latoya White
212-252-7001, ext. 122
or by email at
lwhite.acny@alcoholism.org